Organization effectiveness and managerial succession: an update of an old problem
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ABSTRACT:
An examination of midseason managerial successions in professional baseball between 1951-80 reveals that managerial replacements usually occur during a team slump, and team performance ordinarily improves in the period immediately following the managerial change. This finding is consistent with the common sense theory which suggests that team performance will improve following managerial replacement. However, when the effects of the prereplacement slump and recovery period are removed, the data are consistent with the ritual scapegoating explanation of succession which posits that managers have little effect on team performance. When team performances under new and old managers are compared in general, with no consideration of other variables, there is weak support for the common sense theory. The results of this study indicate that the relationship of organizational effectiveness and managerial succession is one that is dependent upon the time periods considered to discern team performance, and the character of the replacement process and origin of successor. Examines the relationship between managerial replacement and team performance in major league baseball. Tests three theories: l) common sense theory posits that a team's performance improves under new management, 2) two-way causality theory holds that change in management is disruptive and results in further decline in performance, and 3) ritual scapegoating suggests managerial succession is a matter of ritual and ceremony and has no impact on team performance. Data for the period from 1951 to 1980 were analyzed. Concludes that the relationship is dependent upon the time periods considered to discern team performance, the nature of the replacement process, and the origin of the successor.
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